Millions of Japanese soldiers carried the flags, known as yosegaki hinomaru ... Early in the war, they were made from silk. When that material was needed for parachutes, they were made from ...

NAGAHAMA, Shiga -- Production of silk strings for traditional Japanese instruments such as the shamisen and koto is at its ...

When Scott Stein was growing up in New York, he’d often visit his grandfather on Long Island and admire a Japanese flag hanging on the wall in his den. Bernard Stein never talked about his ...

“We knew that the right thing to do would be to send the flag home, to be in Japan and to the family.” The soldier's eldest son, Toshihiro Mutsuda, was speechless for a few seconds when ...

It’s the silkworm, a creepy-crawly, that played a significant role in transforming Japan into a modern nation. At the end of the Edo Period (1603-1867), raw silk made up more than 80 percent of ...